The Internet was quickly set alight on Thursday when it when she told a fan on Instagram they were an item.
But according to TMZ a source close to the hitmaker has revealed that she was only joking about the romance reports dailymail.co.uk.
The 35-year-old star had taken to Instagram to promote a new single. One of her followers boldly enquired: "You dating Eminem?"
She wrote back: "Yes."
But sources close to Minaj say she was only joking.
"There s nothing romantic between the two."
Minaj and Eminem real name Marshall Mathers III have long known each other as they worked together on her hit 2010 single "Roman s revenge".

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